آرت جميل
1980-Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates
The 1980s were a groundbreaking time for contemporary art in the United Arab Emirates. For the first time, artists explored experimental new formats, formed art collectives and founded journals.
The exhibition was built upon extensive research involving archives of newspaper articles, artists’ writings and catalogues, as well as interviews with artists and cultural practitioners. The Emirates Fine Arts Society, a non-profit association that was formed in 1980 in Sharjah, served as the main point of focus and inspiration for the research. Reflecting personal and geopolitical trajectories, the research focussed on the underexposed historical record and evolving practices of some of the UAE’s most important modernist and contemporary artists.
This publication features a series of essays and contributions by Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi and some of the participating artists, as well as some archive material.
Languages: Arabic and English
80 black and white and 165 colour illustrations
Softcover
336 pages
ISBN: 9789948181910
Publisher: The National Pavilion UAE
Published February 23, 2016
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